Privileges of election

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God chose a people to enjoy a unique relationship with him which entailed the privilege of belonging to him, sharing in all his inheritance, serving him, praising him and proclaiming him.

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God elected Israel out of all the nations of the world

Deuteronomy 7:6 NKJV
“For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.
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The election of the nation is anticipated in the election of the patriarchs

Deuteronomy 4:37–38 NKJV
And because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them; and He brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power, driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is this day.
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Election was not based on merit

Deuteronomy 7:7–8 NKJV
The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; but because the Lord loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
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God conferred privileges on the people he elected

Election meant that God dwelled in their midst

2 Chronicles 6:6 NKJV
Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
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Election meant that God showed divine favour

Psalm 33:12 NKJV
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.
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God gave responsiblilities to the people he elected

Election calls for obedient and holy living

Leviticus 20:26 NKJV
And you shall be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.
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Election means increased accountability

Amos 3:2 NKJV
“You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
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God’s choice of Israel does not automatically imply election to salvation

Romans 9:6–8 NKJV
But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel, nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, “In Isaac your seed shall be called.” That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.
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